December 29
1981 Jay Vincent had 41 points, the 2nd time a Mavs player had 40+ points
and the 1st of 2 times Vincent had 40+ points with Dallas.
1982 Moses Malone (Phi) had a 20-20 with 32 points and 24 rebounds. It
was the 5th time a Mavs opponent had a 20-20 and the 5th of 5 times
Malone had a 20-20 against Dallas. It was the 5th time a Mavs
opponent had 20+ rebounds and the 5th of 6 times Malone had 20+
rebounds against Dallas.
1987 Derek Harper had 15 assists, the 12th time a Mavs player had 15+
assists and the 5th of 10 times Harper had 15+ assists with Dallas.
1988 Derek Harper had 18 assists, the 15th time a Mavs player had 15+
assists and the 7th of 10 times Harper had 15+ assists with Dallas.
1989 28 team and arena records fall as Dallas loses 144-140 to Portland
in Dallas' first triple-overtime game.
1989 Portland shot 57-121 FG, setting the opponent record for most field
goals attempted.
1989 Derek Harper had 42 points, the 31st time a Mavs player had 40+
points and the only time Harper had 40+ points with Dallas.
1989 James Donaldson had 27 rebounds, the 2nd most in team history. It
was the 1st time a Mavs player had 25+ rebounds and the 13th of 13
times Donaldson had 20+ rebounds with Dallas.
1989 James Donaldson played a team record 58 minutes.
1990 Placed Fat Lever on IR with a right knee injury.
1990 Signed Kelvin Upshaw to a 10-day contract.
1992 Sacramento won 139-81, 58 points is the largest loss margin in team
history.
1993 Released Darren Morningstar.
1997 Playing Hack-a-Rodman, Bubba Wells fouled out in a NBA record 3
minutes.
1997 Michael Jordan (Chi) had 41 points, the 45th time a Mavs opponent
had 40+ points and the 3rd of 3 times Jordan had 40+ points against
Dallas.
1997 Dennis Rodman (Chi) had 27 rebounds, the 7th time a Mavs opponent
had 25+ rebounds and the 8th of 9 times Rodman had 20+ rebounds
against Dallas.
1999 Activated Erick Strickland. Strickland had missed 28 days (13
games) with a sprained left shoulder.
2001 Activated Greg Buckner and Johnny Newman and placed Evan Eschmeyer
(sprained left ankle) and Donnell Harvey (sprained right ankle) on
IR. Buckner had missed 32 days (15 games) with a sore left knee.
Newman had missed 14 days (6 games) with left knee tendinitis.
Eschmeyer was activated 59 days (22 games) later. Harvey was
activated 17 days (8 games) later.
2001 Michael Finley did not play in the Atlanta game due to a strained
left hamstring. It was the first regular season game in his
career that he has missed, snapping his string of 490 consecutive
games played (with Phoenix and Dallas) and 360 consecutive starts.
360 consecutive starts and 381 consecutive games played are the
team records.
2001 With the win vs Atlanta, Don Nelson achieved his 1,000 career
coaching win. Nelson joined Lenny Wilkens (then 1,242) and Pat
Riley (then 1,054) as the only coaches in NBA history to reach the
1,000 milestone.
2005 Assigned Rawle Marshall to the Fort Worth Flyers of the NBADL.
It was Dallas' first assignment in team history to the NBADL.
Marshall would remain in the NBADL until 2/26/06.
Games
Record: 6-7 (home: 6-3, road: 0-4)
Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent
Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer
1980 L @Cleveland 100-112 -12 Robinzine 23 Robinzine 14 Mitchell 29
Game #40, current record: 5-35, streak: lost 2; final record: 15-67
Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent
Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer
1981 W Kansas City 104-92 +12 Vincent 41 Nimphius 11 Woodson 25
Jay Vincent had 41 points, the 2nd time a Mavs player had 40+ points
and the 1st of 2 times Vincent had 40+ points with Dallas.
Game #29, current record: 7-22, streak: won 1; final record: 28-54
Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent
Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer
1982 L Philadelphia(OT) 116-126 -10 Aguirre 34 Vincent 15 Malone 32
Moses Malone had a 20-20 with 32 points and 24 rebounds. It was the
5th time a Mavs opponent had a 20-20 and the 5th of 5 times Malone had
a 20-20 against Dallas. It was the 5th time a Mavs opponent had 20+
rebounds and the 5th of 6 times Malone had 20+ rebounds against Dallas.
Game #27, current record: 12-15, streak: lost 2; final record: 38-44
Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent
Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer
1984 L Utah 97-99 -2 Aguirre 27 Vincent 13 Dantley 30
Game #30, current record: 15-15, streak: lost 1; final record: 44-38
Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent
Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer
1987 W Sacramento 126-117 +9 Aguirre 31 Tarpley 14 Thorpe 25
Derek Harper had 15 assists, the 12th time a Mavs player had 15+ assists
and the 5th of 10 times Harper had 15+ assists with Dallas.
Game #25, current record: 17-8, streak: won 4; final record: 53-29
Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent
Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer
1988 W Boston 131-115 +16 Blackman 32 Perkins 14 McHale 29
Derek Harper had 18 assists, the 15th time a Mavs player had 15+ assists
and the 7th of 10 times Harper had 15+ assists with Dallas.
Game #26, current record: 17-9, streak: won 2; final record: 38-44
Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent
Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer
1989 L Portland(3OT) 140-144 -4 Harper 42 Donaldson 27 Drexler 32
It was the first triple overtime game in team history.
Portland shot 57-121 FG, setting the opponent record for most field
goals attempted.
Derek Harper had 42 points, the 31st time a Mavs player had 40+ points
and the only time Harper had 40+ points with Dallas.
James Donaldson had 27 rebounds, the 2nd most in team history. It was
the 1st time a Mavs player had 25+ rebounds and the 13th of 13 times
Donaldson had 20+ rebounds with Dallas.
Donaldson played a team record 58 minutes.
Game #27, current record: 14-13, streak: lost 1; final record: 47-35
Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent
Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer
1990 W Sacramento 90-79 +11 Harper 26 Donaldson 14 Carr 17
Game #26, current record: 10-16, streak: won 1; final record: 28-54
Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent
Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer
1992 L @Sacramento 81-139 -58 White 15 Bond 7 Bonner 23
58 points is the largest loss margin in team history.
Game #23, current record: 2-21, streak: lost 6; final record: 11-71
Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent
Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer
1997 L @Chicago 105-111 -6 Finley 23 Bradley 10 Jordan 41
Playing Hack-a-Rodman, Bubba Wells fouled out in a NBA record 3
minutes.
Michael Jordan had 41 points, the 45th time a Mavs opponent had 40+
points and the 3rd of 3 times Jordan had 40+ points against Dallas.
Dennis Rodman had 27 rebounds, the 7th time a Mavs opponent had 25+
rebounds and the 8th of 9 times Rodman had 20+ rebounds against Dallas.
Game #29, current record: 5-24, streak: lost 12; final record: 20-62
Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent
Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer
2001 W Atlanta 113-97 +16 Nowitzki 35 Nowitzki 12 A.-Rahim 21
With the win, Don Nelson achieved his 1,000 career coaching win.
Shawn Bradley suffered a bruised right knee during the Atlanta game.
He would miss the next 6 games due to the injury.
Michael Finley did not play due to a strained left hamstring (the 1st
of 2 games he would miss due to the injury).
Game #30, current record: 21-9, streak: won 9; final record: 57-25
Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent
Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer
2007 W Atlanta 97-84 +13 DNowitzki 22 EDampier 10 MWilliams 18
Dallas out-scored Atlanta 54-35 in the 1st half.
Atlanta never led in the game.
Game #31, current record: 20-11; streak: won 1; final record: 51-31
Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent
Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer
2011 L @Oklahoma City 102-104 -2 DNowitzki 29 DNowitzki 10 KDurant 30
Vince Carter hit a 3-pointer with 1.4 seconds left to give Dallas a
2 -point lead, but (after a timeout) Kevin Durant (OKC) nailed a
3-pointer at the buzzer for the game winner.
Game #3, current record: 0-3; streak: lost 3; final record: 36-30